A workbook to teach learners and prompt difficult conversation about art, race & anti-racism. For senior secondary students. Within this resource: Indigenous Australian Art What is racism? Artist: David Hammons Artist: Banksy Artist: Mark Bradford What is Black Lives Matter? Creating a meaningful poster Tasks include creative, research, discussion and practical tasks.

Wise words from: SHIRLEY CHISHOLM: Shirley Anita Chisholm was an American politician, educator, and author. In 1968, she became the first African-American woman elected to the United States Congress, representing New York’s 12th congressional district for seven terms from 1969 to 1983. Martin Luther King JR: Martin Luther King Jr. was an American minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the civil rights movement from 1955. MICHELLE OBAMA: Michelle LaVaughn Robinson #Obama is an American attorney and author who was the First Lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017. She is married to the 44th president of the United States, Barack Obama, and is the first African-American First Lady ROSA PARKS: Rosa Louise McCauley Parks was an American activist in the civil rights movement best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott. The United States Congress has called her “the first lady of #civilrights” and “the mother of the #freedommovement”. LANGSTON HUGHES: James Mercer Langston Hughes was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist from Joplin, Missouri. One of the earliest innovators of the then-new literary art form called jazz poetry, Hughes is best known as a leader of the Harlem Renaissance. DR MAE JEMISON: Mae Carol Jemison is an American engineer, physician, and former NASA astronaut. She became the first black woman to travel into space when she served as a mission specialist aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour. ANGIE THOMAS: Angie Thomas is an American young adult author, best known for writing #TheHateUGive.

This resource will teach students about what the Black Lives Matter movement is, what racism is and what racism may look like. The resource is also meant to inspire young activists with words from Nelson Mandela, Anäis Nin, Robert Ingersoll, Elizabeth Gilbert and Maya Angelou. Additional Black Lives Matter resource can be found here: [https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/black-art-matters-black-lives-matter-anti-racist-art-resource-for-secondary-learners-12330969]

Printable colouring-in pages to thank the people on the front line every day during the pandemic. Please print, colour in and give to those who you are grateful for.